COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tristen Wallace was standing against the black and white wall in the long hallway that leads into the weight room under the football stadium at DeSoto High School.
Then, he was a Texas kid committed to Texas Tech, but wasn't necessarily closing the door to anybody at that point. During an interview with Northeast Ohio Media Group at DeSoto after Ohio State's National Championship win, Wallace said he was still thinking about the Buckeyes. But that dynamic had changed a bit.
It was known then that quarterbacks coach Tom Herman was leaving Ohio State for the head coaching job at Houston.